The Times - UK (2022-04-13)

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Word watch Sudoku Difficult No 13,135 Fiendish No 13,136 Super fiendish No 13,137
David Parfitt

Fusain
a Pompous or
pretentious talk
b A tulip stamen
c A fine charcoal pencil

Georgic
a Relating to rustic
matters
b Found or living on
rocks
c Recalling George
Washington

Preconise
a To experience déjà vu
b To announce publicly
c To refuse an offer
before it has been
formally made

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2112 by Orpheus

Across

1 Inspired by others, teach self-

control (9)

6 Little Christopher’s gear (3)

8 Small jazz group touring most

of old Asian capital (7)

9 Possibly mug popular singer

(5)

10 Impregnable base in USA, all

newly set out (12)

12 Part of speech from bishop

backing retired vicar, perhaps

(4)

13 Greek character involved in

radio talks (4)

17 Uncompromising senior officer

being conveyed outside (12)

20 Omnivorous mammal in

Channel Islands eating grass

(5)

21 English friend entertaining

Irish in Muslim state (7)

23 Cat briefly comes back to eat

or drink (3)

24 Cockney primarily employed

as nurse? (4,5)

Down

1 Blue vehicle overturning at

end of motorway (4)

2 Absence of sound, as involving

the French (7)

3 Strange game, mah-jong, to

begin with (3)

4 Line on map, one originally

standing on counter (6)

5 Exciting fact about small

stream (9)

6 Grilled dish from kitchen

initially upset tiny child (5)

7 Note from singer picked up by

audience (6)

11 Reconstructed in Burma,

extremely secure warship (9)

14 Doctor drank a pint, finally —

from this? (7)

15 Afterthought about one’s

church sign (6)

16 Evaluate a couple of vessels

rounding end of cape (6)

18 Vagrant’s cunning raised by

political representative (5)

19 Endure Paddington, for

example (4)

22 Reportedly looked at small fish

(3)

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the spaces so

that the number in each circle is equal to

the sum of the four surrounding spaces,

and each colour total is correct

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Answers on page 15

1 28 Weeks Later was
the 2007 sequel to
which Danny Boyle
horror film?

2 Who was the last tsar
of Russia?

3 Which 1877 Anna
Sewell novel is subtitled
His Grooms and
Companions. The
Autobiography of a Horse?

4 The fish Electrophorus
electricus is more
commonly known by
which name?

5 The Normandy
farmer Marie Harel
reputedly created which
cheese in 1791?

6 Léonard Lambert-
Leforestier supposedly
saved which
embroidery from being

cut up to make covers

for soldiers’ carts?

7 Which African capital’s

name comes from a

Masai phrase that

means “cool water”?

8 Which Spaniard wrote

the 1928 poetry book

Gypsy Ballads aka

Romancero gitano?

9 In 2021, which US

singer released an

acclaimed ten-minute

version of her song All

Too Well?

10 What branch of

linguistics is the study

of speech sounds that

humans can produce?

11 Who wrote the 1979

“Only Fools and

Horses” episode of the

sitcom Citizen Smith?

12 Director of the film

Young Soul Rebels,

which British artist

created the 2010

installation Ten

Thousand Waves?

13 Formed in the 1950s,

Revunions is which

English university’s

sketch comedy society?

14 First run in 1976, the

Queen Elizabeth II Cup

is held at which Japanese

city’s racecourse?

15 Which TV chef is

being played by the

pictured actress Sarah

Lancashire?

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